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NOW AN ENCRYPTION PACKAGE IS NECESSARY FOR YOUR MAIL
EXCHANGES
The dramatic events of suicide attacks on the Twin Sisters
at New York City on September 11, 2001 are going to
have collateral impacts for our surfing liberty and
privacy on the Net.
Rules
and regulations are already laid down by governments
around the world and will be tighten in the near future
to control the Internet traffic and particularly mails
and files exchanges. Access to some sites will be restricted.
Intelligence Agencies around the world are putting pressure
on Internet Service Providers - ISP - to install dedicated
software tools to spy on the mail stream trough their
Internet pipe. You certainly have already heard about
CARNIVORE. The name speaks for itself.
So anyone who cares about the privacy and confidentiality
of his courier exchanges to associates and partners
around the word should quickly take necessary steps
to install and use strong encryption package.
Do you want to lose vital contracts to competitors?
Are you ready to willingly leak out important information
about your company to "foreign" eyes? Certainly
not. We businessmen are not terrorists. We cannot be
punished for other misdeeds particularly when everyone
is now aware that terrorists do not need sophisticated
weapons to creating havoc as dramatically demonstrated
on September 11, 2001. Measures taken to restrict privacy
in order to stem out terrorists attacks and activities
are just part of another attempt by Big Brother to control
everything.
So do not make it easier for Big Brother to pry on you.
Protect
your mails and files by strong encryption systems.
WHICH ENCRYPTION SYSTEM
We have several times raised the security / privacy
problem and introduced you to many mail encryption systems:
Hushmail, ZixMail, ZipLip which
are web based systems. Camouflage was also introduced
and in this issue
we explained to you how to combine Camouflage and
Zixmail. That combination is certainly more secure
than ZixMail alone as one cannot be sure that web based
systems do not have a back door. And due to CARNIVORE
and the likes it is preferable to be cautious and stick
to real unbreakable encryption systems.
 There
is only one strong and unbreakable encryption software
which stands out of the crowd; easy to install and use
: PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY (PGP).
You may purchase the corporate package from Network
Associates or retrieve here
as quickly as possible the freeware before Big Brother
decides otherwise. There is also a PC to PC communication
tool from the same developer which is a wonder for
encrypted conversation over the net. PGPfone
which Windows version is available here.
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